[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Painting # Painting In this painting a nayika, or female heroine, is seated on a swing accompanied by three maids, one of whom is carrying a morchhal (peacock feather fan). Exquisitely dressed in pink, orange and gold, the nayika wears numerous strands of pearls around her neck and wrists. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1785–1794 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-73-1912](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-73-1912) · Pramāṇa